Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-04
IN GEN ERAL.

Ncllie Grant Sartoris will spend the win.
ter with her mother in New York.
Princess Bsnark ma, been made a lady
of the Order of st. Theresa 10y the lowager
Queen Of Bavaria.
General Thomas J. Brady. Of Star Route
noturicty, is reported 10 Ice almost entirely
broken down 10y adversely.
jean lngelnw is more than 10 years old.
and her friends are trying to secure for her
one Of the annutie, awarded hy the crown
for literary services.
Five or six Of the men composing the
crew of the schooner G.. Graham are found
10 have escaped from the wreck Of that YES
sci oil Halifax They had been given up
rs lost.
Chang, the Chinese giant, has returned
to Shanghai after making the circuit Of the
world. All his relations were big people
His father and grandfather and his sister
were all taller than he, his sister being some
10 inches taller, and he stands seven feet
two inches
1t cost 500, 69i for repairs to the Erie
canal last summer, and the freight hoated
was }, 293. 9S2 tons as against /, a3l 1S4 tons
in 1888. The canal is regarded as one of
the most valued possessions of the Empire
state, and It's enlargement is a near possibil-
ty of the future
Physically the ear Of Russia is the strong
est man in Europe. When he was czare-
witch he one day took gold rouble in his
hands and by main strength twisted it into
"A corkscrew. Throwing the mutilated coin
at the project of police, he said IF You
open one of my letters in the future | will
treat you as have this coin"
Mr. II. G. Dana Of Cambridge writes that
his father, the late Richard II. Dana, was
offered 10y the publishers only $3.50 for his
famous sea story, 1.-Two Years Before the
Mast. and not $1,000 as has been stated
Mr. Dana did not even receive the $3.50 in
full for interest was deducted from it when
the payment was made
Keepers of wild animals regard bears as
the most treachcrous animals They are
the most uncertain in temper, and are the
cause of more deaths in menugeries and
among showmcn than lions or tigers. When
they are Young they are playful and affec-
tomato, but when they grow up their tenn
pers seem To sour
Professors Amer and Schott of Jena, are
reported to have invented IA new optical
glass of remarkable refractory power
which will be of great value in microscopic
photography 1t is said that while the or
binary lenses do not admit of distinct re
Elections beyond one 800, OOOth of AN inch.
this new glass will render one POI, i0O, 0O0th
of an inch perfectly visible
1t is said that Theodore Tiltuu, who has
been ia Paris for three years, will probably
end his DAYS there lie has a floor in a
grand old mansion, once the home of the
Dues de Nemuurs, an ancient building ON
the lie de Paris, back of Notre Dame, in the
very heart of historic associations. Here
he spends much Of his time reading, writ
ing and living quietly within himself,
John Henry, full hlooded negro who
died recently in the city hospital at Nicks-
burg Miss, was the inventor Of a combin-
ed cotton Scraper, chopper and cultivator,
from which great things are expected. He
was the victim of spinal disease which di-
vdcd his spinal column and cord, and made
him practically dead from the neck down
ward for long time The model for his
machine was constructed by his nurse under
his directions.
President Bartlett of Dartmouth college
yields to the inevitable and announces to
the students that he has decided TO grant
the petition Of the trustees, asking leave
for the students to attend Unitarian church
services in the afternoon, and TO be excused
from morning services ul Ihe colleBe chuich.
The reasons given for granting the petition
were that morning Unitarian services are
to be held as soon as possible, that the ser
vices were established especially for stu
dents whose views tended toward liberal
faith, and that there might be no imputa-
ton of religious intolerance made against
the college.
One morning lately there was consul
tation of doctors in the Emperor Williams
room, resulting in an adrnonition to the il
lustrious patient to observe the utmost
quiet for few days. They had Just an
nounced this prescription when the clock
began to strike the hour of noon, and the
emperor rose from his chair and walked
toward the window. They demonstrated
with him, but in vain Nonsense, gentle
men, said he, II am not my own master
in this matter Ii is twelve o'clock, and
there is string of my loyal Berliners
awaiting me outside for you know Baede-
ker says that at this hour am always to
be seen at my window"